http://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:21:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure#comment-650 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Zona Boliviana Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:36:07 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure#comment-650 [...] We moved on to the sopa de maní, a peanut based soup that I last had when we “visited” Bolivia. This version was completely flavorless - the broth may as well have been milk cloud-colored dishwater, the congealed bone and tendon lump in the middle was as appealling as that sounds. It was not at all like the version we had at Comedor Emanuel that day in Villazón, nor even like other peanut based soups I’ve tried. Needless to say, we didn’t make our way through much of this bowl, in fact, I think neither of us had more than a few spoonfuls of broth. [...] [...] We moved on to the sopa de maní, a peanut based soup that I last had when we “visited” Bolivia. This version was completely flavorless - the broth may as well have been milk cloud-colored dishwater, the congealed bone and tendon lump in the middle was as appealling as that sounds. It was not at all like the version we had at Comedor Emanuel that day in Villazón, nor even like other peanut based soups I’ve tried. Needless to say, we didn’t make our way through much of this bowl, in fact, I think neither of us had more than a few spoonfuls of broth. [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure#comment-80 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Roots? Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:54:56 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20050913/northern-exposure#comment-80 [...] Back in mid-September when we went off on our misadventures in Bolivia, I tried a local dish, sopa de maní, that I really liked a lot. Reading the article reminded me about it, and the article provided a recipe for the mafé, so why not? Most of the ingredients I either already had or were readily available. I had to make some changes to fit some things that I couldn’t find. [...] [...] Back in mid-September when we went off on our misadventures in Bolivia, I tried a local dish, sopa de maní, that I really liked a lot. Reading the article reminded me about it, and the article provided a recipe for the mafé, so why not? Most of the ingredients I either already had or were readily available. I had to make some changes to fit some things that I couldn’t find. [...]

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